Over the years, tech columnists and “industry analysts” have been clamoring for Apple to open up Mac OS X. By in the 1990s, when it seemed the company could do nothing right, they actually complied, with a Mac OS compatibility program that included licensing basic hardware reference designs. The hope and dream was to expand […]

It’s hard to believe that the first iMac appeared nearly nine years ago, that famous Bondi blue pear-shaped personal computer that proved to one and all that Apple was here to stay. In fact, I had a prototype model, although it soon had to be returned to Apple after a firmware update killed it. After […]

The concept of a cheap Mac is so unusual in our tiny corner of the universe, I dare say a lot of you probably aren’t quite sure what to make of it yet. Mac users, at least those who have made online comments, regard it as just another Mac and a new source of potential […]